Self-contained power and transmission unit



Feb. 24, 1931. w. HJHINCKLEY 1,793,301

SELF 'CONTAINED PQW EIR AND TRANSMISSION UNIT Filed March 2a, 1925 2 Sh'eets-Sheet 1 j mifw B a/01 41212716116;

Feb. 24, 1931.

w. H. HINCKLEY 1,793,801

SELF CONTAINED POWER AND TRANSMISSION UNIT Filed March 28, 1928 2 sheets-sheet 2 W0 7 U W v 22' Z29 24 5 I J? 27 l 2/ Patented FebQ24, 1931 D T S PATENT OFFICE WILLARD H. nmcKLEY, on ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA, ASSIGNOR 'ro GILMORE-MCARDLE I 00., or MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA, a CORPORATION or MINNESOTA SELF-CONTAIN ED POWER AND TRANSMISSION UNIT Application filed March 28,

that can bepacked andishipped disassembled to facilitate'the handling of the same. The

invention also permits the several parts of the disassembled unit to be easily carried to a the place said unit is to be installed and especiallyto such places that are inaccessible -and diflicult to Work in; and handle bulky objects.

\Vhile the invention is intended for general wise, it is especially well adapted foruse in grain elevators for driving either'the boot shaft or the head shaft. It is well known in country elevator constructions that the house moves considerably under the varying load of grain. carried therein and that the elevator proper is mounted independently of i. the house so that the same isnot effected by the movement thereof. In this elevator I structure, when thedriving mechanism for the elevator ismounted in part on the house and in-part on the elevator proper 1t 1s 1m zzpossible to keep the same properly aligned and adjusted in View of the varylng movements. of the house in respect to said. ele- .vator; My self-contained unit is especially 1 well: adaptedto be securedito the legging of an elevator at i anydesired elevation and in such a manner that either the boot shaft i or the head shaft may be'jdriven therefrom at eitherside of said legging.

Said. unit is so designed as to so port the i motor thereof between the legs o theiele- "rvator whe're the same is out of the way and also equalizes the load so that the same is evenly distributed on the two legs of the elevator. 'By assemblingthe power and transmissionmechanism in aself-cont ned unit 4 makes it possible to use a silent chain drive from the motorfto the transmission mecha Y nisr'nfor the reason that 'thenparts thereof are fiheldin proper alignment, which, ;from Qanengineering standpoint, is highlydesirable;

s .As the unit is mountedon the legging of on an enlarged scale;

1928. Serial No. 265,465.

F i g. l is a view partly inside elevation and 2' partly insection showing the invention embodied in a grain elevator;

Fig. 2 is a view partly in plan and partly in section taken on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1,

Fig. 3 is a side elevatirm of the parts shown in Fig. 2;

Fig. 4 is a detail view with some parts sectioned on the irregular line 4): of Fig. 2;

Fig. 5i s a detail view partly in plan and partly in section taken on the line 55 of F isa i a Fig.6 is afragmentary perspective view showing one of the front bearing brackets and connected shafts; and

Fig. 7 is a view partly in side elevation and partly in sectiontaken on the line 7-7 ofFig. 5.

Of the partsof the elevator shown itis important to note the boot 8, boot shaft 9,

legs 10, hopper 11, head 12, head shaft 13, distributing spout 14, lower fioor or base .15from which saidelevator is supported independently of the house, and the numeral 16 indicates one of the floors of the house 1 through which the legs 10 extend but are not in acontact; therewith or secured thereto wherehysaid floor structure is free to move in respect to said legs.

. For the purpose of this case it is not tlioughtmecessaiy to illustrate the bucketequipped elevator belt which runs over wheels on theboot shaft 9 and head shaft 13 with the upwardly travelling section of said beltintheleft hand leg l0 and the down- 199 wardly moving section of said belt in the right leg 10.

, Referring now in detail to the invention,

bers of the desired dimensions may be .used.

Mounted on the sills 18 is a frame including a pair of front corner brackets "9 locatedbe tween the legs 10 and a pair of rear corner brackets located outward of the left hand. leg 10 in respect to Fig. 1. Each corner bracket 19-20js rigidly secured to the horizontal flange of the respective sill 18 foradjustment longitudinallythereof by a nutequipped bolt 21 which extends through a bore in said flange and a slot 22 in. the base of said corner bracket. 3

The corner brackets 19-20, of each pair are rigidly and adjustablyconnected'by a transverse bar 23 and the corner brackets 1920 on each sill 18 are rigidly and adj ustably connected by a longitudinal bar 24 to complete the frame. The front and rear transverse bars 23 are mounted in couplings 25 and 26 in the-corner brackets '19-20, respectively, and the longitudinal bars 24 are mounted in lower couplings 27 and 28 in the corner brackets 19'20 respectively. It will be noted that the couplings25 and 26 are lon- V gitudinally split and connected by drawbolts 29 and 30, respectively, whereby said couplings may be frictionally clamped onto the transverse bars 23 and rigidly hold the same. The con J'lings 27 and 28 are also longitudinally split and connected by'nut-equipped draw-bolts 31 and 32, respectively, to. frictionally clamp said couplings onto'the longitudinal bars 24 and rigidly hold the same.

By'reference to Figsj4and 6 it will be noted that the slits in the couplings 27 and 28'eX- & tend into the slots 22 to permit the contraction of said couplings.

A pair of intermed'ate coupling brackets 33 are slidably mounted on the longitudinal shaftg24 for longitudinal adjustment thereon.

"These coupling brackets 33' are longitudinally split and provided with drawbolts 34 for 'frictionally clamping said brackets onto the bars 24. Said coupling brackets 33 are rigidly connected by-an intermediate transverse bar '35 in the plane of the bars 23 and adjusta bly mounted in longitudinally split cou- 'plings 36 equipped with nut-equipped drawbolts37' for frictionally clamping "saidcOuplings onto the intermediatetransverse bar 35, Formedzw-ith each coupling'25 and 36 is a. motor support 338 having a slot 39 'w'hich Y extends transverselyof the "sills 18.-

Intermediate bearings 39 are slidably mounted ,on-the front bar and intermediate bar'35 for longitudinal adjustment thereon and held where set by set screws 40.

These bearings 39 are rigidly connected by a pass through legs on the base of the motor and bars in the motor support 43 and the slots 29 in the respective motor support 38.

A counter-shaft 46 is j ournaled in bearings 47 on the rear corner brackets :20. This countershaft 46 is-driven from the motor 44 by a silent chain48 which runs over a relatively small wheel 49 on the shaft of the motor 44 and a relatively large wheel 50 on said counter-shaft. On the front'end of the counter-shaft 46 outward of the respective sill 18 is a sprocket wheel 51. The head shaft'13 is driven from the countershaft 26 by a sprocket chain 52 which runs over the relatively small sprocket wheel-51 and a relatively large sprocket Wheel 52 on the head shaft 13, and completes the driving connecentire unit delivered knockdown to facilitate the packing, shipping'and handling of the same. Saidunit may be carried knockdown to the floor in the house fromwhich theinstallation is to'be made and then assembled on the sills "after the same havebeen secured to the elevator legs,-thus making the handling of the-unit an extremely simple and easy matter.

The boot shaft or thehead shaft may be driven from either-end mounting the motor 4401i either pair of motor supports 38 and the'motor supports 43 and by turningthe counter-shaft 46'so that the wheels 50 and 51 will come in their proper relation ins'respect to the motor 44. By'adj'ustin g the transverse bar 35"toward or from the frontbar-23 and adjusting the bearings 39 on the front bar 23 and'intermediate bar 35, the motor su-pports 38 and 43 may be adjusted to fit diifer- "ent sized motor *bases in order that their anchoring bolts maybe insertedthrough the bores in the supports 43 and the slots in the supports 38. a The slots 22 in the bases of thecorner brackets .19 2O permit considerable adjustment of said brackets on the sills 18 in respect to each other and the adjustment of either one pair of said brackets Will act as a tightener for the belt 48.

By assembling the power and transmission mechanism in a self-contained unit, the driving connections from the motor 44 t0 the countershaft 16 are always in proper alignment and by mounting this unit on the elevator legs 10, the driving connections from the countershaft 46 to either the boot shaft or the head shaft are always properly aligned and spaced and are not effected by the movement of the house under varying loads.

What I claim is:

1. A selfcontained power and transmis sion unit having a frame comprising a pair of sills, front and rear pairs of corner brackets on the sills, a pair of transverse fixed bars and a pair of longitudinal fixed bars mounted in the corner brackets, said corner brackets being adjustable on the transverse bar to vary the distance between the sills a pair of coupling bearing brackets mounted on the 1ongitudinal bars toward or from either pair of corner brackets, said front corner brackets and coupling brackets having motor supports, a motor mounted on certain of said supports, a countershaft journaled in the rear corner brackets, and driving connections from the motor to the countershaft.

2. The structure defined in claim 1 in fur ther combination with additional motor supports mounted on the front and intermediate transverse bars for adjustment longitudinally thereof.

In testimony whereof I ailix my signature.

WILLARD H. HINOKLEY. 

